Job Quick Facts:
• Specialty: Psychiatry
• Job Type: Locum Tenens
• Facility Location: Palmer, AK
• Service Setting: Inpatient
• Reason For Coverage: Supplemental
• Coverage Period: ASAP - Sep 1, 2023
• Coverage Type: Clinical Call
• Shifts Coverage: Acute/Long-term Psychiatric Unit
• Shift Schedule: 8-hr shifts (Mon to Fri)
- 7 on/ 7 off (preferred)
• Call Schedule: 24-hr Call
• Call Type: Beeper
• Call Response Time: 45 mins
• Ratio of follow ups to new evaluations: 2:10
• Patient Volume: 12
• Phone Consults: 1
• Admissions: 0-1
• Rounding included: Yes
• Support Staff: 2 RNs, 1 NP/PA, & 3 Techs (MA)
• Procedures/Skills:
- Clinical Areas: Anxiety disorders, Affective disorder, ADD/ADHD, Personality disorders, Psychotic disorders, Organic disorders
- Familiarity With: Involuntary commitments, Restraint application
- Treatments: Pharmacotherapy
• Beds in the Dept: 16
• Trauma Level: IV
• EMR: MedHost
• Required to Supervise APPs: Yes
• Travel, lodging, and malpractice insurance covered
Requirements:
• Active AK License
• BC/BE
• BLS